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Jerry Lee Parker
May 5, 2017
Hamilton, MT- Jerry L. Parker of Hamilton passed away May 5th, 2017 at Marcus Daly Hospice Care Center following a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
He was born May 21, 1936 in Los Angeles, CA. to the late Colonel Lucius and Pauline Gates Parker. He was raised in Manhattan Beach and graduated from Mira Costa High...

Connie Weidow Jessop
Apr 26, 2017
Connie Weidow Jessop, 68 of Pinesdale passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at her home.
Connie was born April 5, 1949 in Short Creek, Utah the daughter of Theodore George and Virginia Bertleson Weidow. She moved to Montana in 1965 and graduated from Corvallis High School in 1967. On May 31st, 1969, Connie married Leon Jessop, the...
Gladys Lund (Clark) Furtwangler
Apr 25, 2017
Gladys Lund Furtwangler - 10/18/1918 to 4/25/2017
Gladys was born Oct. 18, 1918 in Rudolph, Wisconsin to Arthur and Eva Akey Clark. Gladys was the 4th of 9 children. All siblings are deceased except for Clara her baby sister.
Gladys married Andrew Thomas Lund in 1941 while he was on leave from WWII service. Having...
Donna Marie Haley-White
Apr 24, 2017
HAMILTON – Donna Marie (Merrill) Haley-White, 79, long time resident of Hamilton, entered into eternal rest on Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice Center. She was born October 24, 1937 in St. Paul, MN.
Donna moved to Hamilton with her late husband, John in the early 1990’s. She was a lifetime member of...

Wilma Louise Brown
Apr 24, 2017
Wilma L. Brown, 94, of Hamilton passed away Monday morning at the BeeHive Assisted Living Center in Hamilton, Mt.. She was born March 24, 1923 in Boulder Co. the daughter of Thelma Louise Herriff and Carroll Wright.
Billie, as she was known to all, was raised in Alameda, Ca. She married her high school sweetheart on August...

Mary Ann Theissen Pacheco
Apr 23, 2017
Mary Ann (Welsh) Theissen Pacheco
Mary Ann passed away April 23, 2017 at Discovery Care Center in Hamilton. She was born in 1929 in Missoula, Montana. Mary Ann lived her life full of love for her family, friends, animals and books. A loving and strong-willed mother, grandmother and great grandmother, she created laughter with her sense of...

Lester D. Beers
Apr 21, 2017
HAMILTON - Lester D. Beers, 90 of Hamilton MT, formerly of Iowa and Minnesota, passed away on Friday April 21, 2017 at his home.
He was born in Lake Mills Iowa on November 14, 1926 to Charles and Anna Olson Beers.
On July 20, 1951 he married LaVonne Van Ryswyk at Austin MN. Â To this...
Derek Van Zant Mitchell
Apr 21, 2017
HAMILTON - Derek Van Zant Mitchell died peacefully on April 21, 2017 in his Hamilton home surrounded by his wife and children. Derek was born March 29, 1932 in Binghamton, NY to Arnold and Grace Mitchell. His life was filled with his family and travel and was dedicated to service and helping others. He loved the water and was...
Ivan George Buhler
Apr 21, 2017
Ivan George Buhler, 50, of Hamilton passed away Friday, April 21 at his residence with family at his side. He was born on June 10, 1966 in Torrance, California, the son of Pamela Stewart.
Ivan lived in Montana all his life. He graduated from Hamilton High School. He worked at Ravalli Services in the Intake Department for...
Richard John Frey
Apr 20, 2017
Richard (Dick) J. Frey, of Corvallis, was born on September 11, 1934.
On April 20, 2017, he went to reunite in the heavens with his parents, Joseph and Bertha Frey along with his siblings, Brothers, Joseph, Phelan, and Ed, and Sisters, Alice Rock, Rachel Bailey, Marcella Leigh and Wilma Worth. He lived in Butte until moving to...
Peter David Rosten
Apr 18, 2017
Peter David Rosten 2/18/1949 – 4/18/2017
A True Believer who undoubtedly left this world a better place.
Loving son of Irwin and Florence Rosten.
Adoring husband of the ever-patient Susan Rosten.
The bedrock protector of their four children; Charity Lofthouse (partner Meredith),...
Leonard C. Lindquist
Apr 18, 2017
Leonard C. Lindquist, 91, of Hamilton, MT passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. He was born January 23, 1926 in White River, SD to Clarence and Elizabeth Lindquist.
Leonard came to MT with his family at the age of 8. He attended school up Sleeping Child, Charlos Heights...
Penny Lorraine Keegan
Apr 17, 2017
CORVALLIS – Penny Lorraine Keegan, 61, of Corvallis passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 in her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born on June 16, 1955 in Chico, California to Barbara Gean (Walcutt) and George Lawrence Stephens. She was the second of four children.
Penny was raised in northern California, and in the fall...
Richard Harold Hofler
Apr 15, 2017
.Richard “Dick” Hofler, 86 of Corvallis passed away Saturday, April 15th at Valley View Estates Nursing Home.
Dick was born and raised on a farm in Northern Iowa. His father and he grew corn and soy beans, raised chickens, beef and hogs. His grandmother was baking cookies in an old fashioned wood burning stove while the house...
Marlyne Yvonne (Bacon) Palin
Apr 15, 2017
Marlyne Yvonne Bacon Palin, 80 of Corvallis passed away April 15th at the Marcus Daly Hospice Center in Hamilton.
Marlyne was born April 26, 1936 in Reeder, North Dakota the daughter of George and Alfa Wothe Bacon. Following High School she married Clarence S. Palin. Marlyne enjoyed gardening, baking bread, softball, bowling, children, her family and friends. ...

Elwin S. Foss
Apr 12, 2017
Elwin S. Foss, 91 of Hamilton, passed away April 12, 2017.
He was born in Wyndmere, North Dakota, April 6, 1926. El worked and retired from the US Forest Service. He served two terms in the US Navy in WWII and Korea.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Mary; daughters, Donna, Terry,...
Lois D. (Duncan) Wikoff
Apr 11, 2017
Lois D. Wikoff, 89 of Stevensville, passed away April 11, 2017 at The Living Centre in Stevensville.
Lois was born December 12, 1927 in Missoula, Montana the daughter of the late Marion and Beulah Duncan. She married Chuck Wikoff on June 24, 1946. Lois worked as a sales clerk, telephone operator, Real Estate secretary and for Western...
Keith Stanley Liss, Sr.
Apr 8, 2017
CORVALLIS – Keith Stanley Liss, Sr., 86, of Corvallis passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at his home in Corvallis. He was born Oct. 21, 1930 in Golden, CO the son of Arthur and Gladys Liss.
Keith married Yvonne Wallett on April 17, 1954. He spent many years as the head electrician at United Bank in Denver. ...
William "Bill" D. Foley
Apr 5, 2017
William D. “Bill” Foley, 88 of Hamilton passed away Wednesday April 5th at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Bill was born October 4, 1928 in Hamilton to the late John and Ellen Foley. Bill lived in Hamilton all of his life. He loved Ranching, raising Cattle and Horses. He enjoyed riding horses....

Edward Max Pierce
Mar 31, 2017
HAMILTON – Edward M. Pierce, 80, of Hamilton passed away Friday, March 31, 2017 at his home. He was born January 31, 1937 in Palmer, Alaska.
Ed has been married to Donna for 59 years. He was a General Contractor in Southern California prior to retirement. Ed enjoyed traveling to ride and race motorcycles and salt water...
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